First House. Projects, Renovation, and Conclusion.

Thursday, May 27th, 2010:
Finally a close to the stresses of house selling and the last few days of work.
Explanation: I have been trying to sell my house for ... well, I hoped it would be sold in October, but wasn't finished. Realistically it should have been finished in January, but I was pretty tired and burned out so productivity slowed.

House Projects:
2007

• Install shower and tile upper section of Hallway Bathroom (Jaccuzi tub existed)
• Scrub walls throughout house (every single wall) with all purpose cleaner to get grease off.

2008:

• Paint trim & Walls in 3 bedrooms and hallway.
• Replaster pool (contracted out)
• Paint hall bathroom
• Get carpet installed (preparation for possible roommates)
• Install deck
• Install new roof (my friends and i tore off old one and did the new tar paper) then ran out of time and energy so I contracted out to get the new roof installed. Lesson Learned.
• Replace 1/2 of outside siding (most of house was brick) and prime & 2 coats of paint.
• Hurricane IKE
  A tree fell. It clipped my garage and landed in the pool. The fences all fell down too. I got a fat check from the insurance company, and a lot of projects i didn't think i'd be doing.
  2-3 weeks with no power (read: no air conditioning or fridge)
  New Pool tile and coping
  New Fences
  New roof & decking & soffit(sp?) & fascia & 6 rafters in garage.
  

2009:

• Sheetrock back of garage, build garage shelves, and paint 1/2 garage.
• Tear out master bathroom (down to studs) and redo entirely.
  
• Tear out Kitchen and Ceiling and Wall (down to studs) and redo entirely.
  New Tile floor, Move Fridge, Gas Stove, Install new cabinets & Travertine Counter top
• New Central Air (16 seer unit)
• Fix improperly installed central air unit and some sheetrock (flippin AC installers)

2010

• Pay to get house re-painted because first color choice was not good.
• Pay electrician to fix anything that wasn't up to code.

For my records, not bragging or crying.
Purchased house for $120,000
Invested roughly $40,000 (rough ballpark)
Sold House for $202,500
Realtor Fees & Closing Costs: $14,000
Net Income: $28,500
Ballpark Tom hours spent: 2,000-3,000 --> $9.50-14.25/hr --> a hobby that pays that much instead of costing lots of coin is pretty nice i suppose. And i enjoyed most of it. :-)

I hope to find pictures on my other computer (before and after) and that will be my next post.